"Is That Your Mom?": Voices of Cross Racially Raised Adults of The African Diaspora

While White parents raising Black children has become increasingly salient in the last 20—30 years, the experience of those who grow up in these cross—racial families is much more complicated. Indeed, much of the adoption studies literature has privileged White parent voices, further silencing crossracially raised Black—identified children. “Is That Your Mom?” challenges the dominant narrative that love trumps race (and racism) in family dynamics, and reasserts the need for critical voices ...